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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Cutter, Alert

1755

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

before 1753

Cutter, Alert

1755

Two oil paintings of armed Cutter "Alert" (1753-4) each in gilt frames (bow and stern views)

1753-1754

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Brass Clarke's hydrometer

1755

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Guinea balance in case

1753-1754

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Microscope (dated 1754)

1754

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

A Chain Bridge

1753

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Tubes for the whirling table

1753

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Medal, bronze, commemorating L.J.M.

1755

Model: submersible brass mesh cage

before 1753

Wilson screw barrel microscope (brass) in fishskin case with accessories

1753

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Boxfoot microscope with ball-socketed pillar

1755

Pile-driver driven by a paddle wheel, 1754.

1754

Wooden model consisting of water wheel and treadmill in common frame

1753

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914